Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Twin Cities Area
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

